Big Buck Bunny is the second open film project headed up by the Blender Foundation, an open film being one created entirely with open source software and with all production materials being made freely available to the public upon completion. The first project, “Orange,” produced Elephant’s Dream, a dark, trippy short, heavy on dialogue [...]
This week I’m starting AnimationMentor.com, and online animation course. I’m going to be posting my impressions and progress to a new blog entitled “Will Kistler’s AnimationMentor.com Experience.”
If you’re interested in my progress over the next year an a half, check it out. Also, If you are an executive in charge of hiring animators, [...]
At the DreamWorks press junket for Madagascar in San Francisco, [CNET] spoke to the visual effect supervisor of Madagascar, Philippe Gluckman, and learned about the complexities of animation within the jungle setting–from 4 million leaves on 14,000 plants to crowds of dancing lemurs.
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Run through several cycles of the Zoomquilt (the flash one is best) and then stop. You should notice a movement in the opposite direction. This is called MAE, for Movement After Effect, showing clearly that:
…motion is specifically represented somewhere in the brain (in area MT in the visual cortex as it happens) and can be [...]
Check out the official site for Prey Alone, 20 min movie made for a tiny budget and shot entirely in front of a green screen. A trailer is available, along with several before and after shots of the actors being filmed and then of the actors integrated with the CG elements. Looking forward to [...]
Seems like Pixar really knows how to decorate their cubeland to make it comfortable.